358214623 | cubist movement | twentieth-century art style; represented by Pablo Picasso; rendered objects as geometric shapes. | 0 | |
358214624 | Fascism | political ideology that became predominant in Italy and then Germany in the 1920s and 1930s; attacked the weakness of democracy and the corruption and class conflict of capitalism; promised vigorous foreign and military programs. | 1 | |
358214625 | Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) | a multi-nation treaty, sponsored by American and French leaders, that outlawed war. | 2 | |
358214626 | John Keynes | British economist who stressed the importance of government spending to compensate for loss of purchasing power during a depression; influenced the policies of the New Deal and postwar European economic planning. | 3 | |
358214627 | New Deal | President Franklin Roosevelt's program to combat economic depression | 4 | |
358214628 | new feminism | a wave of agitation for women's rights dating from about 1949; emphasized equality between sexes. | 5 | |
358214629 | Popular Front | alliance of French socialist, liberal, and communist parties; won election in 1936; blocked from reform efforts by conservative opposition; fell in 1938 | 6 | |
358214630 | technocrat | a new type of bureaucrat trained in the sciences or economics and devoted to the power of national planning; rose to importance in governments after World War II. | 7 | |
358214631 | totalitarian state | a 20th century form of government that exercised direct control over all aspects of its subjects; existed in Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and other communist states. | 8 | |
358214632 | welfare state | Great Depression-inspired system that increased government spending to provide social insurance and stimulate the economy. | 9 |
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